Reporters are only mad at Facebook because it *might have* helped Trump win

Jeff Patterson
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

Facebook has had many privacy scandals in the past, but “this one is different.” Why is it different? Because this time the data violation might have helped elect Trump.

The news media is looking for a scapegoat to dodge the blame for electing Trump. Hmm, could it have been us droning on all day every day for months about Hillary’s emails? No, it must have been Russians/Cambridge Analytica.

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